A Guide to the Cocke and related families Papers #2433-ab

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Administrative Information

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Collection is open to research.

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Preferred Citation

Cocke and related families Papers, Accession 2433-ab, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

This material was given to the Library by John Page Elliott of Charlottesville, Virginia, on April 22, 1991.

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Scope and Content

These twelve letters, 1858-1879, and n.d., pertain chiefly to the family and estate of Philip St. George Cocke . Topics of interest include Belmead , the Civil War, and the University of Virginia . Typed transcripts are available for the majority of these letters.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Cary Charles Cocke
Charles Hartwell Cocke
Daniel Coleman
J[ames] L[awrence] Cabell
J[ohn] B[arbee] Minor
John Bowdoin Cocke
Lucy [Cocke]
Philip St. George Cocke
Robert B. Taylor
Sallie Browne Cocke
Samuel M. Wilson
Thad[deus Steven
William G. Strange
William H. Richardson, Jr.
William Ruffin Coleman Cocke
William S. Dabney
William West Gilmer
[John] Staige Davis

Container List

Daniel Coleman , Army of the Mississippi, to John Bowdoin Cocke

1862 April 14

relating news of a great battle near Corinth [presumably Shiloh ] and the condition of the troops

"Aunt F.," South Isle, Charlotte, North Carolina, to Charles Hartwell Cocke

1863 July 20

mentioning the fall of Vicksburg , news of killed and wounded, and thoughts on the war

Major Robert B. Taylor , Bremo Recess, to John Bowdoin Cocke

1863 Sep 30

expressing gratitude and requesting a loan

William G. Strange , Dunlora, to John Bowdoin Cocke , at the request of Major William S. Dabney

1863 Oct 10

inquiring about Major Douthat's property in Powhatan which is advertised for sale

William Ruffin Coleman Cocke , University of Virginia, to John Bowdoin Cocke

1866 Jan 7

concerning financial and management burdens of Belmead . He comments on the need of a "reliable labour-system" and the "abundant evidences that the negro will not furnish the desideratum."

William H. Richardson, Jr. to Major John Bowdoin Cocke

1866 Dec 17

commenting on Cocke's marriage and the reconstruction of the South

William West Gilmer , Ivy Creek, to Dr. Cary Charles Cocke

1867 Feb 22

mentioning Thad[deus Steven ]'s bill, apparently concerning the division of land belonging to southern plantation owners among the freedmen, refers to a conversation with his former "slave Ralph now Wormley" concerning voting, and tobacco crop prices. He mentions University of Virginia professors J[ohn] B[arbee] Minor , J[ames] L[awrence] Cabell , and [John] Staige Davis .

Samuel M. Wilson , Norfolk, Virginia, to John Bowdoin Cocke , Belmead

1871 July 5

concerning financial matters

John Bowdoin Cocke , Belmead, to Cary Charles Cocke

1876 Jan 31

re getting tobacco to market and family news

William Ruffin Coleman Cocke , Richmond, to John Bowdoin Cocke , West View, Goochland County, Virginia

1879 May 16

concerning a new plan for Belmead